“Flipping the Script” to Win Gays Back to the Evangelical Church
Welcome back to church, gay folks, but check your real-life love at the door.
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Forty Years Ago, the Worst Mass Murder of LGBT People in the U.S.
The New Orleans gay bar that burned in 1973 housed an MCC congregation.
Read MoreWhy Pope Francis Makes Me Miss Jerry Falwell
Form is fine but should we just forget substance?
Read MoreOn National Coming Out Day, Many Still Can’t Afford the Luxury
Rolling Stone lights the way.
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Nadia Bolz-Weber on Becoming ‘God’s Bitch’
“The book is vulnerable, to have all these stories about myself and these truths about myself out there. It’s not like the book is going to impress anyone—nobody’s going to say, ‘Wow, Nadia Bolz-Weber is a fucking spiritual giant.'”
Read MoreListening in on the Right-Wing Fringe: Gay Marriage Edition
When you’re part of a group called “missionaries to the preborn” the rights of living people may not be your highest priority.
Read MoreDoes the President Need Churching?
It’s not as if churchgoing has been a reliable indicator of a president’s goodness, but still, it might be politically useful for Obama to sit in a pew from time to time.
Read MoreThe Religious Right’s New Target: Transgender People
The Bible might not be the most reliable text when it comes to understanding gender variance.
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Material(ist) Girl: A Philosopher Argues Against the Soul
The neurophilosopher, whose latest book argues that the brain is all we are, discusses yoga, her awkward talk with the Dalai Lama, the soul and what makes her want to tell someone to just “bugger off!”
Read MoreColumnist Applauds Russia’s Homophobic Law
“About as sensible as it gets.”
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